Personnel indicator



.pl'il30, 1929. F. H. BRONNER 1,711,222

PERSONNEL INDI CA'I'OR Filed sept. 27, Y 1927 'III lll patented UNTE!) STQES FREDERCK E. BRGNNE, 0F ERT'LD, OREGON.

Application filed Septonio er My invention relates to personnel indicators, and especially to suclL indicators as adapted for use hospital, clubs, and the lure. n

The object ot my invention is to provide a simple and eiicient personnel indicator wliicliis easily kept up to date, and which will tell ata glance the employment status oit the nursing stati1 ot a hospital. ln similar manner my device may also be used indicate the presence ot the members oit a club, or other organization, l the parti lar room in the club quarters 'u fie the niember may be found.

For e-ariple, my indicator as adapted ifor use in hospitals for the nurs ste` may be arrangec'l to indicate whether part'cular nurse is on duty in, or outside ci, the hospital, and it on duty in the hospital, to indicate the room number where she may be found, also to indicate whether she is on day night duty, or out, or resting. 1Lind it' not on duty in the liosrtal to indicate whether is employed on an outside cav or is available ttor new case, also to f l cate that the nurse is not available 'for the time being, because out of the city.

it present there are no means within my knowledge r l ich are adapted to serve these purposes, tor conveniently and eiiiciently indicating the employment status of the nurses registered at hospital.; in consequence there is always more or less confusion, undV delay, in locating a particular nurse, d nen discovering it the nurse is, or available for duty.

il further obiect of my invention is to provide an indicatorcomprising a number ot individual and independent units, one 'tor each person whose name appears on the indicator, and which will be operated by the persons individually, easily, and quickly as they come in, or go out, or go on or on duty. A

il still further object ot my invention 1s to provide a personnel indicator, each unit ot which may be used successively by dritter-ent persons by the substitution ot one name card Jror another.

l attain my objects in an indicator comprising a name plate and a series o' revoluble dials independently adjustable, and provided with means tending to restrain the movement of said dials when adgu d to display a selected indicia, whereby the indicia indicated Will be normally in alinement with the name plate and the information .so dis" layed will be easily and accu- .rata-413Y und istood,

'lhesc and other incidental features and lie details ot construction of my personnel 'nc icator will hereinafter be described in de- 'with reference to the accompanying wings:

l shows a itragmentary front elevation ot a number ol my indicators and illuetrutd the information contained there- 2 shows an enlarged fragmentary elevation ot two indicators and illusone with the cover plate removed disg certain details or" construction;

shows a perspective view ot` the base oi my indicator;

l; shows a perspective view ot .f er plate removed 'from the indicator;

shows a section taken on the line the "i Fig; 2, and illustrates the details l"'n'uction (3 shows a section on the line 6--6 5, and illustrates further details ot ction;

'T shows an enlarged transverse sccc i of the color symbol dial; and

.Fig S shows a section taken on the line SWS ot Fig. 7, looking in the direction ot the arrows, and illustrates further details ot construction o? the color symbol dial.

Y rerring now to the figures, my personnel licator comprises a supporting trame a in which my indicators will be arranged.

lacli indicator unit comprises a rectangular base plate c, adapted to be aiiiXed in recesses b provided in the frame a.

Rectangular recesses c and c2 are provided adjacent cach end and downwardly eX- tending parallel flanges d and e are providd at opposite sides of the recesses c and 02, 'respectively'.

spindle f is fixed by screws j between th lugs d is provided with spring seated cat hes or bolts Q, one for each dial to be rotatably mounted thereon.

A series oi number dials 7L, in this case three, are rotatably mounted on the spindle f, and are provided in their bores with spaced notches or recesses 71, in which the spring bolts j are adapted to releasably en- Ogc successively the recesses fr in the bore their respective number dials. rThe number dials are provided on their peripheries with iigures from 0 to 9 inclusive, which are arranged in radial alinement with the notches it so that each dial will tend. to stop as a figure is brought to the front. y

By providing three number dials, a three place figure may be displayed at the left of the base plate, thus showing for instance a room number.

At the other end of the plate in the opening 02 a similar single dial is similarly mounted, on the spindle lc, between the lugs e and on the periphery of this dial are provided spaced sections of ditl'erent colors, which may be used as symbols to denote the location or employment of a person in a hospital, club, or the like. l

I have found it convenient to use the following color smybols when my indicator is to be used in hospitals for the nursing stati'.

Yellow to indicate available tor a new case.

Blue to indicate night duty.

Green to indicate night duty, out for rest period.

White to indicate day duty.

Red to indicate day duty, out tor rest period.

Black to indicatie out 01"' city.

A cover plate 7) is provided to be tixed over the base e which is provided with a suitable opening p to allow the figures on the left to be exposed, which would indicate, for instance, a room number. A cen tral rectangular opening p2 is provided in which a name card is to be inserted. The opening 792 may be protected it desirable by a transparent cover g,to protect the name card from becoming soiled.

Also a similar opening p3 is provided on the right of the central opening p2 through which the dial bearing the color symbols will be exposed.

The opening p2 in the cover plate p is provided on its longest edges with overturned flanges s forming grooves with a raised portion 7*, provided on the base plate c, corresponding in size to the opening 712, which serves to hold the name card closely and securely against the flanges s of the cover plate.

By this arrangement and construction, for example, a. nurse on arriving at the hospital and learning that her patient is assigned to room 153, Fig. 2, would operate the dials of her indicator to indicate such room number and then would operate the color symbol dial to show blue, that she was on night duty, it' such was the case.

Later, when her patient was discharged, and she was available for a new case, she would turn the room numbers to zero and the color symbol dial to yellow, indicatin that she was available for a new case, or, i she was leaving the city, she would turn the color symbol dial to black, showing that she was not available for a new case.

I claim:

A device of the character described comprising a body frame provided with a series of recesses, a base plate atlixed in each rccess, the base plate provided with a central flat surface, dial elements located in each side of said surface in said base plate, a cover plate securing said dial elements in place on the base plate and provided with means cooperating with said surface for removably holding a card, the dial elements projecting and being operable through said cover plate.

FREDERICK H. BRONNER. 

